frazzled

past tense of frazzle
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Recent Examples of frazzled DeBoer, who is now 6-1 against AP top-10 teams, and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb had a creative gameplan that frazzled Kirby Smart’s defense in the first half while building a 24-14 lead. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 Tejasvi designed it with large-font type to make text easier to see and read, and a soft, blue theme intended to be soothing to people who may come to the site fresh from a scam and be fearful or frazzled. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frazzled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frazzled
Verb
  • Many preventative care services are covered, at least partially, by insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act, but experts say that net of protection has frayed over the years.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The roots frayed with nowhere to go.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The day before, during Erik’s hearing, the relatives had emotionally exhausted themselves, the cousins said.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • He is weakened, and yet his opponents underestimate his continuing appeal with voters exhausted by decades of political dysfunction.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But she was distracted by a nagging thought.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Or maybe we’re just easily distracted by tasks like building deer stands in the back yard, or looking for that missing purple egg.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This has eroded the cash flow and equity farmers need to withstand changes in the market.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and soaring food prices have eroded political and consumer appetite for sustainability.
    Bloomberg News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Or maybe he was just disturbed by my current condition.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Wasps will become aggravated if their nest is disturbed, so it's not recommended to knock down the nest.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ashley Graham Ashley Graham wore a black two-piece, paired with black open-toed heels and black angel wings while appearing on the catwalk.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Lee wore a red polo shirt and an old-school New York Giants cap (repping the baseball team, not the football team).
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Islamists were seen as complicit in India’s worst plane hijack in 1999 and the 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, which killed several Indian citizens, including two senior diplomats.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In April that year, an explosion at the facility killed one worker and injured four others, CNN affiliate WSMV reported.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The United Kingdom and India conducted their first-ever dual aircraft carrier operation during a bilateral military exercise in the Indian Ocean this week, as both nations have been alarmed by China's increasingly assertive behavior across the Indo-Pacific region.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nigin told her later that, yes, she had been alarmed by the cut but had resolved to check on her students.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Frazzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frazzled. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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